blobber

English

Noun

blobber (plural blobbers)

1. Dated form of blubber.
   • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:

     There swimmeth also in the Sea, a round slymie substance, called a Blobber, reputed noysome to the fish.

References

• “blobber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.